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Vettel gets lucky to win Australian Grand Prix

Sebastian Vettel has won the first race of the 2018 Formula One season after a lucky pitstop during a safety car period. The Ferrari driver had been behind both Hamilton and his own team mate until halfway a safety car period came at a very fortunate moment for the German. As the lights went out for the start of the 2018 season, Lewis Hamilton sped into the first corner, leading Raikkonen and Vettel for the first lap. Behind them, Kevin Magnussen managed to move up into 4th, thanks to being able to brake a bit later and drive round the outside of Verstappen through turn 1. Grosjean retained 6th. Further back, positions remained largely the same as well, with everybody making it safely...
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